This section is from the book "Woodwork Joints", by William Fairham. Also available from Amazon: Woodwork joints.
Although mitreing is used in everyday woodwork, it comes last in our list of regular joints simply because it has been partly dealt with in almost every previous chapter. For example, we have mitre halving in Fig. 34 , a mitre bridle joint in Fig. 74 , a tongued and grooved mitre in Fig. 116 , mitred mortise and tenon joints in Figs. 148 and 159 , a dowelled mitre frame in Fig. 202 , and a mitred dovetail in Fig. 286 .
 
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